Three types of modern elevator cars

TO FULLY MEET the needs of architects, Otis produces three distinct types of cars — allmetal, wood-metal and all-wood. Each of these can be quickly executed exactly in accordance with the architect’s conceptions. For Otis main
tains a staff of car designers and artists, art metal foundries, especially equipped car shops, finishing facilities of all kinds, and experienced field erectors.
The basic structural design in each of these cars gives rigidity with minimum weight and freedom from creaking. For instance, the woodmetal car is built up of specially processed panels of veneer bonded to several laminations of wood and metal, thus combining the natural beauty of hardwoods with the mechanical advantages of steel.
Architectural details may be carried out in bronze, brass, steel, aluminum and other
metals and finishes. Car and hall operating fixtures, hand rails, kick plates, grilles, and other appliances can be readily matched in design and material.
Therefore, by assuming undivided responsibility, Otis relieves the architect of unnecessary and often annoying details and frees him from restrictions upon creative ability.

OTIS

ELEVATOR COMPANY 339 OFFICES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD

This picture shows a wood-metal car
Below is a picture of an all-metal car
And this is an inside view of an all-wood car